According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and early this morning (August 15), in the Northern and Central Highlands, there was rain, moderate rain and thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain.
Rainfall from 7pm on August 14 to 8am on August 15 was over 100mm at monitoring stations such as Cat Ba station (Hai Phong) 181.6mm, Phong Coc station (Quang Ninh) 171.4mm, Nam Dong station (Lam Dong) 141.2mm, Gia Binh station (Bac Ninh) 117.2mm, Khuon Ha station (Tuyen Quang) 115.4mm, Binh Gia station (Lang Son) 114.2mm, Thach That station (Hanoi) 109.4mm...
In the northeastern region, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An from the morning of August 15 to the night of August 16, there is a forecast of moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 70 - 150mm, locally very heavy rain over 300mm.
The Central and Southern Plateau from the afternoon of August 15 to the night of August 16 are forecast to have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, with common rainfall of 50-100mm, locally very heavy rain over 200mm.
In the western part of the North, the area from Ha Tinh to Da Nang and the eastern provinces from Quang Ngai to Dak Lak in the afternoon and night of August 15, there are forecasts of scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain with rainfall of 15 - 30mm, locally over 100mm.
The eastern areas of Khanh Hoa and Lam Dong will have rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms, locally heavy rain to very heavy rain with rainfall from 20-40mm, locally over 100mm.
The meteorological agency warns of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 100mm within 3 hours. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. The warning level of natural disaster risk due to heavy rain, tornadoes, lightning, and hail is level 1.
From August 17 to the night of August 18, the Northeast, the area from Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain with common rainfall of 50-120mm, locally over 300mm.
Heavy rain is likely to cause flooding in low-lying areas, urban and industrial areas; flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes.
Real-time warning information for areas at risk of flash floods and landslides is provided online on the website of the Department of Hydrometeorology at: https://luquetsatlo.nchmf.gov.vn and in a separate bulletin warning of flash floods and landslides.
